Former bureaucrat Chandra Kanta Das will take over as the member of the North East Council. The Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed the appointment on Wednesday as the non governmental member of the region’s top policy implementation body. After his retirement, Das joined BJP where he was appointed as Barpeta district vice president of the party least year.
In a controversial move, the Assam government has terminated 64 lecturers from polytechnic institutes who were protesting for the regularization of their jobs. These lecturers had been on a hunger strike for 23 days, demanding that their temporary positions be made permanent. They were initially appointed during the tenure of Himanta Biswa Sarma as the Education Minister.
The lecturers, who have been working as founder faculty members in polytechnics for eight years, had come to Guwahati during the budget session to appeal to the government regarding their demands. However, the government’s refusal to regularize their jobs forced them to stage a protest under the open sky. Their...
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